Vaccinate While You Vote

On Election Day, those who go to polling places in Bethel will find that they can do more than vote — they can also get a flu vaccine from Bethel Visiting Nurse Association.

Each year, as many as 60 million people in the United States come down with the flu. Hundreds of thousands of people are hospitalized and more than 36,000 people die as a result of the flu.

This is why Bethel VNA is providing voters and other community members with easy access to flu vaccines at polling places to help protect their health and the health of their community.

This season's annual flu vaccine will protect against the influenza A (H1N1), influenza A (H3N2) and influenza B viruses, all of which can cause the flu virus.

Some seasonal flu vaccines known as “quadrivalent” flu vaccines are formulated to protect against four flu viruses, including an additional influenza B virus.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone 6 months and older get a flu vaccine each year to protect against the flu virus.

The BVNA will be at the Municipal Center from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. (and at Newtown Middle School from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.) Tuesday.

Voters looking to get a vaccination should bring their medical insurance card.

• Aetna, BC/BS, ConnectiCare and Medicare billed directly
• No charge for any child 4 and under regardless of insurance 
• No charge for children 18 and under who are Medicaid or Husky A/B enrolled, no health insurance/self-pay, American Indian or Alaskan Native, or under-insured
• BVNA is not a preferred provider for Cigna or United Health Care